RMT Research: Foreign State owned / backed rail domination of UK rail

Contract / Route Operator Operator Owner Operator Owner name - Country Serco Caledonian Serco UK private Sleepers (begins company April 2015)

Chiltern Deutsche Bahn German State Railways Cross Country Arriva Deutsche Bahn German State Railways Docklands Light Keolis Amey Amey / Keolis joint French state owns Railway Docklands venture Keolis Essex Thameside UK private company East Midlands East Midlands Trains Stagecoach UK registered private company East Coast Excluded from calculation as state operated, not a private contract Gatwick Expressi GTR Govia (comprising of French state owns Go- ahead and Keolis Keolis) Grand Central Arriva Deutsche Bahn German state railways Greater Anglia Greater Anglia Abellio Dutch State railways Great Western First Great Western First Group UK registered private company London Midland London Midland Govia (comprising of French state Railway Go- ahead and railways owns Keolis) Keolis, London Overground Arriva/MTR Deutsche Bahn/MTR German State Railways / Hong Kong State Northern Northern Serco / Abellio Dutch state railways own Abellio Scotland Abellio Scotrail Abellio Dutch state (begins April 2015) railways own Abellio South West South West Trains Stagecoach UK registered private company Southernii GTR Govia (comprising of French state owns Go- ahead and Keolis Keolis) South Eastern South Eastern Govia (comprising of French state Go- ahead and railways owns Keolis) Keolis, Thameslink, Great GTR Govia (comprising of French state Northern iii Go- ahead and railways owns Keolis) Keolis, TransPennine First TransPennine First Group / Keolis French state Express railways owns Keolis, Tyne & Wear Metro DB Regio Tyne and Arriva Deutsche German State Wear Bahn Railways

Wales & Borders Arriva Deutsche Bahn German State Railways West Coast Virgin West Coast Virgin / Stagecoach Virgin and Stagecoach are UK registered private company Hull First Hull Trains First Group UK registered private company Merseyrail Merseyrail Serco / Abellio Dutch state railways own Abellio Eurostar Eurostar EIL is owned by SNCB is the London and Belgian State Continental railway and SNCF is the French State Railways(40%), railway. Note UK SNCB (5%) and government is SNCF (55%) selling its stake. Heathrow Express Heathrow Express Heathrow Airport Heathrow Airport Holdings Holdings is consortium, 41.88% of which is owned by the sovereign wealth funds of Singapore, China and Qatar. Heathrow Connect Heathrow Connect Heathrow Airport Heathrow Airport Holdings/First Group Holdings is consortium, 41.88% of which is owned by the sovereign wealth funds of Singapore, China and Qatar. i From 2015 will be separate business unit / route - part of the new Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern franchise ) ii From 2015 will be separate business unit / route - part of the new Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern franchise ) iii Separate business units / routes - part of the new Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern franchise )